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• ~, - -,11:: .- ; % 1 ,, , , , , ) ,‘ A r 27( • ' 4'"'‘'''''.' '' ' i ) 'h,''''''''.: '''' . 44 t j 't I Vi.. % ,, ': -.. 'i ,,, ,1.,,k; ''i zi.'..', ,li , :i.,,,, , 1- i . , - ... : .---.. 44 -i , :.:. , ~,, /~'~ ^-` \ ~ ~` 1 z.z. • .... 4•A • ' 4 - • ; A :1 * CLUX•I I ,- r / ' y d. sfii" r 110:: •"' bra "• T „ \'l , 1. 11111P -4_, , , • //, • (6- ifiiliOA-411:66,, • / 4011 N . N MIRER 10,484. T-UESDAY EVENING, A . PRIL 18, 1826. PRICE SEVENTE NCB. CONTRACT for BUILDING a VESSI .14 of ABODT.BO TONS. I7VEBER'S MUSIC.--Six delightful SONGS and DUE'rs, by this celebrated Composer, arranged for the Piano Forte, and with Poetry translated and adapted front the original German, are givon in the last Number of the HARMONICON. In addition to these are Three Piano Forte Pieces, by MOSCIIELES, KUFFNER, and DERSDORF, and a purpher of Papers on Musical Subjects. The price of the `whole' Number is Half-a-Crown Musir4l Families have thus nn opportunity of procuring Nine first-rtite Pieces, and an interesting Musical Miscellany, for the price usually charged by , the trade Ihr a single Song: • . The Ilarmonicon is published Monthly, and is as elegant in execution, and interesting in its contents, as it is economical in price. PARLIAMENT. victien4 a conviction strengthened by e very. passing year, th a t dis *Mentions on the ground of-religions opinions, unless in case of over-mastering necessity, could not be maintained on principle of either policy or justice, and that on their repeal and the accom plishment-of-the great work o f conciliation and peace, the welfare and prosperity of Ireland, and the security and power of the British Empire, essentially depended. He agreed that it was inexpedient at present to enter. into the discussion. of that great question, but it was one of such a nature that it must force itself again and again on their Lordships' consideration, and he looked with anxious hope to a time, not a far distant time, when under the auspices of his Noble Friend, that great question. would be taken Op with better success and brought to a favourable end. The Petitioners expremed their deep sense of .the injury which they soGred from their disqualifications ni Catholics. They stated that at various times they had endeavoured to obtain. their. emancipation ; that with this vine theyhad formed . thetuvelYes into a Body known by the name of Catholic:Association,!atOording to former, practice, and to attain legitimate.objects through.legitinlate, means. They complained that a Bill had been introduced into their Lordships' House to put down that Aesociatien ; that they had appealed to their Lordships to be heard and .examined at theif Bar against the Bill, but that without any inquiry, whatever the House.had passed the Bill into a law. Theystated theiesenae of the injury thus dune them in strong terms, lint not bostrong as to Late made it unfit for him, or inconsistent with the.respect flue to'theliouse to present-their Petition, cud they praye l l the.tepeal of thii . Law of which they complained. - lie should consider that, he had dis charged his duty towards them whin. he, should have moved that the Petitition lie upon the table. In order to save their Lordships' time, he should state before he sat down that he also held another Peti tion from the Catholics of the Parish of St. Audetm, in the City of Dublin, and that they had requested bins to draw attention to two particular points in it, which referred to those ma ;:enures brought in along with. the Catholic Bill last year, and known wilier the name of ‘i Wings." To one of these, be himself bad felt a strong oh.. jectiod. He meant that which disfranchised all forty shilling freeholders by one sweeping Act, and deprived them of a right held on the same principle, and by the same tenure, that naade every other specie of property inviolable. lie had not been surprised, therefore, at the time, at finding - that that many who had till then supported Emancipation opposed it with such appendages. He need not add, that he concurred in the sentiments of the Petition ers on those points, as well its in their general object. Both-petitions were read and laid on the table. WEST INDIES. • The Order of the Day having been icae.. • • • _ to the task of rendering an account of the pre....eeding's in the role nies. As this gentlemen resided in the West Indies he was able to see at one time abuses which required redress, and at another MO so complete a change of the state of affair*, that there was not the slightest ground of complaint. He therefore hoped after this er- planation that the Word inconsistency Would not be mentioned its the same breath with the name ,if Mr. Dveharris. As to the charge Of cruelties practised towards slaves, if all the statements of *ppm. , tices (relative to the cruelty of their masters) were collected, they would make as great a show as the statement of these slaves, on whose testimony co much had been argued against the Whole , ' system. The motion of the Noble Lord went fo eempletely pre-; vent individuals (perhaps of great merit) from taking any &ergo under Governmeht, because they had slaves. This wag very hard upon those individuals, because they might be excessively indulgent towards them, but the fact being proved of their having slaves., was sufficient to deprive them of the enjoyment of their rights and privileges. He could not for those reasons give his sane. tion to the motion, and begged leave to move the Order of the Day. . Lord SUPPIELD explained. It would ha ridiculous to press the matter say further, as the, Noble Earl was 40 completely averse to it;, he wished, however, that the emancipation in the Colenies'and elsewhere would take place at the earlitot period. Lord - ELLENTIOROUGH was averse to the motion, because. it held out no premium to those individuals who might be dispoA to accord with the wish, iof Government. He thought the word " Etuancipation " hied been too often mentioned; it would tend to alain filmic individuals whotu the Gertirtunent could never xi , munerate, and he did not think' the slaves were in a state fit for it. They ought to be instructed previous to their being turn ed loose to shift' for theinSelvets. Navy-Office, April 15, 1026. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COM MISSIONERS of Ills MAJESTY'S NAVY do hereby give Notice, That on THURSDAY, the 27th Instant, HOUSE OF LORDS, Apitri, 17. SCOTCH BANKING SYSTEM. The Duke of ATHOL presented several petitions from yarious•parishes in the county of Perth, against any altera tion in the Banking System of Scotland. Petitions to the same effect were presented by the Earl of Kings ton, from the Magistrates and Council of Dumfries ; by Lord Arbuthnot, from a parish in Kincardine, and &OM two parishes in Perthshire ; by the Marquis of Huntley, from the County of Rm . % and from the Farmer's Society of Roes and Cromartree, from the Burgh of Portrose and Rosemache, from the County of Murray, from Ohl-Marker, and several other parishes in the Coun ty of Aberdeen ; by the Earl of Roslyn, front the Uncorporated Trades of St. Andrews.—R e f erre d to t h e Committee.' :The Earl of Sims-rm.:snow presented n petition fromT the Lord Mayor and Common Council of the City of London, iirayilig the free Importation of Foreign Grain.--Laid on tlia tmtble:. ' "Sir W. Iriou,nr, General GASCQYZir, and other Members - of the House of Commons, brought up the . Lands and , Tenements Sub-letting (Ireland) Bab the Irish Law Proceedings Stamp Duty Bill, and several Private Bills, which were read a first time. _ _ at One - o'Clock, they will be ready to treat :with Buell Persons ,45 may:be willing to Contruet for Building, in the River • Thames, a Vessel for the Service of the Ordnance Department, of about 80 Tons Burthen, to be delivered at Ills Majesty's Dock-yard at Woolwich. .. , . A Draught of the Vessel, and a Form of : the tender, may be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One 'o'Clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the is 1 , liarty, or an agent for him, attends, Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter addressed 4 to the Navy Board, and signed by a responsible Person, en , .:gaging to become bound with the Person teudefing, in- the Stult of £3OO, for the due perform:ince of the Contract. .''. LATE MURDER IN MARY-LA-BONNE. [Further Particular.]] We feel pleasure in being enabled to state, that Mrs. Cooper obtained some rest on Sunday night; and though there is still danger, her medical attendant is sanguine in his ex- Pisitations - of ultimate reroveff. Her wounds, thOugh deep and painful, appear favourable ; but Mr. Chapman, the Surgeon, thinki that the part of the ear which was nearly dissevered, will nat unite. • I NVE I R. BELLAAIY respectfully informs the No (lentvy, and Public, that i4is ANNUAL 11B NEF1T COAERT will take place in the HANOVER '42I-Jllllll ROOMS, on FRIDAY, the 28th of April. Tickets‘to be: had at all the Music Shops ; and of 11r. Bel lun'Yi 19, Upp-er Portman-square. It can excite no surprise, that the loss sustained by this unfor tunate female, in the sudden bereavement, under such melancholy circumstances, of an affectionate husband, should excite in the minds of her neighbours a large share of .sympathy, and that this kindly feeling towards her should be manifested in visits of con dolence, and offers of assistance. Several persons, even of rank, residing in the vicinity, have evinced a disposition to take an in terest in her affairs. She has, at the present moment, four children liVing, but it is not true, as was asserted, that she is likely to have.any addition to her family. Mr. Cu FER, from the Treasury, pre oented au Account of the, official value of the exports and imports of and. from Ireland and Scotland fur each year, since the year 1760: NEGRO SLAVERY. Earl .SrEzi presented a petition. from a the Proto , tant Dision ters of Br4mstone, in the County of Northampton, praying for the Abolition of Negro Slavery. The Earl of ROSEBERRY.presented a petition to the same effect from the City of Glasgow'. The Nobe Earl observed, that it contained the signatures of no less than thirty thousand persons, being nearly one4ourth of the whole popidation of that city. When it was remembered that Glasgow Ives, perhaps more than any other city in British dominions, connected with the West India Islands, it might have been suppo,ed that its inhabitants would be disposed to fiwour the system that existed, rather than any proposal of a change, yet they had thus declared their senti ments on a subject on which more than, any other felling was uni versal in this country. Petitions to the same effect were presented by tint same Noble Earl, front a parish in the county of Stirling ; by the Earl of RossLvti,from Burnt Island; and by Lord Surrmo, from se veral parishes in Lincoln, and also from Wilton, in Wilts.---Laid on. the table. ' 'Earl BATIIURST laid upon the table the first and second Re ports of tbo Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of the Slaves in the West India Cohniies.,Ordered to be primed. . Lord CAI:MOPE sup Ported the 'motion. Viscount DUDLEY and WART) thanked the . . Noble Lord for his not • going as far arc some of the perms belonging to a so ciety which the NOble Lord himself behinged to. He would • not go into the Report beettinie itiCas already printed and be/ore the public. It had, been very el a borat e ly co mm e nt e d on in a rt work published •by 'gentleman, belonging to the •Anti-shreery • Society, who concluded by a very eloquent address to the Electors of England, calling on them not to, return a Member of Parlia ment who had'any slaves •• . ' • Earl St. VINCENT Was siirry to hear any, proposition of the compulsory 'extinction of slavery. He did not think that plan requisite, tbr he never bear' of any alive who hall been refs sed his liberty when he could purchase it, .and he for one would not refuse that privilege to any one of his slavet. ' • The Motion was then understorid•Ao .be withdrawn, and the House adjourned at eight o'clock. A .CLERGYMAN, Married, ; Beneficed, ftnd 411 remidiug a moderate distance from Loudon, hi, Pupils Ihnited to Six, would be glad to fill a VACANCY with. a 'Gentleman's Son, whose Health or Education may require More than usual attention. Lett bra to he directed for the Rev'. H. 5 . ., .11emira. Harding and hpard'N, BoolcseUm, 4, Pall Alall,East, London, will be duly forwarded. The youth who gave his evidence on the Coroner's Inquest, has had an accession of the fever, which was originally caused by the frightful impression left on his mind from the attack to which he was subjected, and which has now very probably been strengthened by the necessity of recalling all the frightful circumstances more vividly to his recollection, when compelled to give his testimony before the Coroner. This My was published, price 2s. Bd. A DEFENCE' of the CORN LAWS, by GOD ha- FREI' HIGGIN*;., Esq. Also, 1101 SA BBATIC C, or a proof that the Chris tian Sabbath is of Human Institutio n , , by the same Author, price 3s. . . _ Sold by Ridgviap, Piccadilly •, Sherwood and' Go. Pater noxterirotv ; all other Bookiellers. • - USURY LAWS. Ij4y were,intbikhed. price IR. L .Q (DIE PRACTICAL • REMARKS on the EF ki" rEur of theIISMO !JAWS on the LANDED IN- IlitroSTS - ; -in-a . Letter to John Caderaft, Esq. AIX. • - By n ' BolllCl a n 4 - Printed - for Ridg way ,- 169, Piccadilly. Also, Es sA on the ‘VEEDS of ACIRIUULTVRE ; shewlftg titeit reteetive characters and'. evil qualiti.s, whether ns infesting samples of corn, or encumbering the soil : with Practical lteikiarks on their Destruction. The posthumous Work me B. Holdich, .Esq., late EtlitOr•of .the Farmer's Journal."- .Edited by Sinclair, Author of the "..11ortus Orttinineuir Woburnensis." Si. , 6d. - - - . . IIEADFUL HAVOC IA D E.-The -*Jr Public is respectfully informed, that 27 failures in the City, of Wholciale Dealers (nine have become bankrupts), among which are, Irish Linen Factors, Scotch Table Linen Dealers, 31ancliester Warehoutiemen, Dealers in Cotton Goods and Silk., Nortvich 11.1anutlieturers of Botnhazines .Cash. mercs, rich. Silk Shawls and Crapes, Scotch Factors, 'Dealers in Aluslins, Shawls, _Sheetings, and , Bed Ticks, Watley Blanket .WarchOusamen, , B4rusley ,Sheeting Agents, and Spitallieltis Silk •D e al ers . Th e above Stocks amount to 170,0001.- sterling, And must lse Sold off forthwith, to make a speedy dividend to the creditors. Families .furnishing new establishMents.(witli . re4y.oliiney) will tind this an opportunity that Will tie'vei tagain,.oceur.. The above stocks • are.remoVed to the corner of Rederasi,street, Barbican, where the whole will be Sold OW with diSpatch, by direction of Mr. Lloyd, Accountant, who'has enga4ed, as Salesman, William Gardner,John Thainp. am, .Charles Wright, and William Armstrong, to Sell Off im mediately,' some of the Greatest Bargains ever known in LINEN DRAPERY, al& ERCE HS, tc. &c. :-Finest Irish Linen, Is. 9d. a yard, worth 4s. ti 1. ; some at . Is. suitable for gentlametVi wear ; those at 9d. are vet, good; a lot at 4d. and 6d. a yard. - Aitasia Sheetin„ -4 , Withoutaa 6d. a yard; Y4r4s wide ditto, 2s. a, yard.; the finest tt t 4 e,-2.5. lid. (the tactor`i price was3s. 9d.) a yard sold at the st End at ss. Bd• a yanti; 200 pieces of Russia Sheeting. Is. a, yard, worth 2s. ad. ; Mock Russia at 3d.. and fid., good for servants' use. Datuatilr. Table Cloths, 2s. 01 each ; large size,..3s. 6d. ; the - best quality, three yards square, 10s. lid. ; four yards long, Hs. ; six yards long,- 215., worth bos. Dainask Napkins, fie. per dozen ; . the best and largest size, Os. lii. 13oninazIn..s, the linen quality, Is. a yard,cheap at 3s. 9d. ; 20 pieces at 4d., 61., sad 9d. a yard-200 per cent. of the factor's price. Rich . l . a ll'!tings, Is. 6d.. a yard, co s t 3 s . 3t]. Silk Shawls, 10r. worth 30s. ; those at 13s. are cheap at two guineas. Bich wide Black. .Sarcenet,. Is. 9d. tiros tie Nap' 's, 45 . :Id. Blankets, Is. a pair ; those at 3s. are very large ; the very best lambs' wool, _three yards , square, 14s. 6d. cost . the factor, 335. : Three yards square Counterpanes, 5,4. 9d. ; four Yards ditto, Os. Od. Beautiful Quilts, 9s. ; thre e y a rd s sq u a re, 2s. ; the largest an d best, 215., worth three guineas. 'rule finest Welch Flannel, 2s. a yard, yard wide, factor's price 35.91.; very fine, Is. 3d. a yard; some at itd..worth 25.; .those at thi. sy..e strong and wide. The Jaeconut Muslim ore lid. a yard ; niteat. quality 1 5s. ( . 21 yards). Capital 11 ticka ne., a yard. Real Russia Towelling, Ad. a yard, worth ;.`,l Also .2,0001. worth - of :soiled Irish Linens, •Damask Nap ti:ellt,, and Table Cloths, to be sold in a small lots, at half time littr ( b )l4 P4c*-4111 to be sold .at the corner of Redcross.street, .‘ wan, by Wm...Grardner, John. Thompson, Chas. Wright, ‘: - Arlytillrcirg s Salesuren.-All letters .must be post paid.- ot anufacturers lieneral Warehouse over the doors. QUPER;IOII, POW) for CAIILDREN, VALIDS; and O thers.—ROBINSON'S PATENT, BARLEY, for malting superior Barley Water in ten minutes, and PATENT GROAT,.., for making superior Gruel in ten minutes.—.l he Patentee Noiieits attention to the following do cument:— • (copy.) • - A pot h ecaries ' Hall, Loodoo,•F e b. 0,.11126. Sir have analyzed Your Grows and. Barley Powder, which yo 4, having ids illajety's Lett ers P atent for the sole inanti fat. turfing of the same, properly denominate " Patent Thirley and .Patent Groats." Thave no hesitation 'in . deelaring them to be genuine powders of the best Barley and Oats I ever saw, -1 'consider it a public advantage, and of great importance in the .medical world, that, by your mode of preparation, a valuable fine mucilaginous beverage and food may be obtained in a few minutes. I have al so analyzed some samples— , imitations of your articles —which are " warranted, free from adulteration ;" these I pronounce.to be compositions of different meals, conse tPientlY, neither pa re B ar l ey. W ater nor Oat Gruel can be made inim them. am, Sir, your obedient servant. RIHA RD CTo Mr. M. Robinson, Red Lion-str C eet, HolbornLA RK E.. The above testimonial, front a , Genileman who has already rendered the public much seryie, by . exposing various delete rious mixtures and adulterations in articles of general cons= p- Il an, added to the recommendation of the medical profession, Make it unnecessary for the Proprietors to do more than state, that none are genuine which do .itot b ear t h e words, " Robin obins om" P - atent," - the Royal Arms, and th e s i gnature of " 3latts. It • `old retail in Papers of 11b. and Canisters of 21b., by most re. V3l'ectable Druggists and Grocers throughout the kingdom; and, olesale,'by the Patentee and 'Manufacturers, Matthew Robin. and Co., No.-64, Red Lion street, Holborn, London. \Vito ", 4 ,P nn Plies the fipo r ti ng World with an excellent Article for having &C. The P atentee o f t h e P repare d B arley and Groats lavin g a considerable quantity of Offal or Waste Meal, which answers much better than the common burley or oat meals for reeding Dogs, &c. • , Noblemen a nd Gentlemen may be supplied in quantities not Asks than 1 cwt. at Ns., or at la per ton. Cows, Pigs, and l' oultry thrive particularly well this meal. •upon , Pollard, the murderer, was married, sixteen years ago, to the daughter of a butcher in Mary-le-bonne-lane. He succeeded his father-in-law in business; but, in consequence of his idle habit s he became insolvent, and his wife died from the effects of his ill treatment. Subsequently he married a second wife, from whom he has been separated eight years. , In the interval he has been leading a dissolute life, and has occasionally been supplied by his wife with money. He has lived, however, with Mrs. Bignall two years, and she only separated from him on the very night of the unfortunate catastrophe. On that day, she says, she happened to call upon her brother (Mr. Cooper), who persuaded her to sepa rate herself from Pollard, and acting under his advice, she wrote and sent the folloWing letter to Pollard " Dean JoSern-::-I think it my duty to inform you, that I have for a long time disapproved of the mode in which we have been living, and have come to the determination to separate for ever. I therefore request that you will immediately send sue my clothes to my brother's house. "Yours, • " S. BiGNALL." In consequence of this letter, Pollard called at Cooper's house on Friday evening. He first came into the shop, intending to speak to Mrs. Bignall in the parlour, but Mr. Cooper having de clared she should not speak to him in his house, and that if she felt desirous to hold any conversation with Mm it should be in the' street, Mrs: Bingall went into the passage to speak to him, and he l endeavoured to prevail upon her to alter her determination, and re turn }m m with him. She told him that she had come to a fixed re-eilutiOn to Separate herself &OM him for ever. Pollard told her that he loved her too sincerely to consent to be parted from her, and he added (placing , his hand on his breast), " I have something here that will do for all." Mrs. Bignall says, she thought he spoke in Jest, and she told him, that • although she had determined never to live with him again,• she would return home with him .that' night, but he was to understand, that next morning they must separate for ever. She then turned round, with the intention of fetching her bonnet and shawl from the parlour, for the purpose of accompanying him; and she asserts, that it was at that moment he stabbed her. The first thrust penetrated the shoulder, the second the arm, and the third entered her hand. In her fright she returned back to the street door, and rushed into the street, where she was assisted by a gentleman who hap pened to be passing, and who took her to the house of Mr. Chad wick, a surgeon. Pollard forced his way from , the passage into the parlour, where he murdered Mr. Cooper, and made those at tempts on the life of Mrs. Cooper and the boy, which have been already stated. When Mrs. Bignall was taken to the Infirmary, she seemed to be rather disturbed in her mind, and the Medical Gentlemen who attended her, asked her if she had been drinking liquor, for she seemed intoxicated. She replied, that she certainly had been drinking—but only a couple of glasses—which could not possibly have affected her. Pollard, when brought into the infirmary, complained that he had a great pain in his heart; and he requested to have some cold tea, as he was very thirsty. In the course of the night, Mr. Goodyer, the surgeon, asked him if he had been drinking gin? 'Pollard nodded his head, but gave no answer. In fact, through out the night, he was sullen and morose ; and, when spoken to by Mr. Goodyer, 'Dr. Poole, or any of the medical gentlemen, he would not condescend to give them an answer, but turned his back upon them in the bed, at least as far as his wounds Would per- Mit. At one time Mr. Goodyer asked him if he knew what he had been doing ? To this he returned no answer. Another time, when he complained of excessive thirst, Mr. Goodyer asked him what drink he would take?, He immediately demanded cold water; but added, "I am dying—l am dying of the pain I feel in these wounds." About a quarter before. 3 o'cle.ek, on Saturday morning, he inquired how Cooper was ? The nurse said, "What, is Mr. Cooper ill, or do you think he is hurt?" He gave no answer to this question, and shortly after expired. From this it would appear that he was conscious of what he had done, and that he was not so much intoxicated as.it bad been supposed. Pollard's wife appliial to Mr. Goodyer on Saturday, and re quested he would give up the body of her husband, in order that she might bury it nn that day. Mr. Goodyer told her that her request could not be complied with ; and the poor woman, who was rather ail interesting figure, retired evidently much disappointed. On Saturday evening the Jury viewed his body, at the same time they viewed the body of Cooper. Shortly afterwards Mr. De Ville, jou. of 367, Strand, took a cast of the head. Mr. De Ville remarked, that the head was uncommonly well formed.-- The organs of the animal propensities appeared strongly develop ed, but the higher mental faculties were rather deficient. The organs of amativeness, combativeness, and destructiveness, seemed unusually large. The body was opened by Goodyer, assisted by Dr. Poole, in the presence of the Coroner, and Mr. Charles Phillips, the surgeon of the Infirmary.: Externally, on the left side there were two punctured, wounds, about an inch in length, which were traced as follows ;--The uppermost penetrated between the sixth and seventh rib, through Abe pericarditun, just grazing the apex of the heart, and passing of the t m h a ro ll ug in h tee th t e in t es. liaphr T af e n lo a w n er d v f o t un lo d beof the liver, into n pe netrated into the cavity of the abdomen, wounding the posterior parts of the mesentery, and dividing several large vessels in the neighbourhood. The heart was feund empty of blood, which ap peared to have escaped from the wounded vessels into the cavity of the abdomen, and thereby occasioned death. We understond that the husband of Mrs. Bignall, from whom she has been separated many years, visited her yesterday in the In firmary. They continued for some time in private conversation, and it is hoped and expected that a reconciliation will now take place between them. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. The Marquit of LANSDOWN, in rising pursuant to his notice, said that although the petition which he was about to move might be laid upon their;Lordships' table as similar to those which on many other occasions had been. brought betbre them, yet as he was sure they felt the magnitude and the importance of the subject to which it referred, he could not have felt justified in placing it upon the table without saying a few words, although he was far from wishing to invite them to an argument upon a subject that had been heretofore and•wouhl be hereafter fully discussed. He was the more especially desirous of offering a few observations because this petition .had been placed in his hands, in consequence of an event which this House could not fad to deplore—the loss of that lamented individual, a Noble Member of this I louse, whose services had been so long engaged in the cause to :which his whole tical life, from. its commencement to its close, was, from parti cular circumstances, so intimately connected ; and of which he continued to the last to be the able, the eloquent, and the disin terested advocate. Their Lordships-would feel, that although the grave had closed over him as it had closed over many other .distinguished Characters; who, in submitting to -the c.onarion-lot. of humanity, had bt*n , compelled so commit to others the unfirtish. ed task of endeavouring to enlarge the bounds of civil guetreiigi., ous litaittytt-JAH • • • ".• , 44, 1 0 , 1•:hluttai aunt-hi-es vitai lampada trudunt ?" . • --the cause that he left unfinished. was one 60 , could not. fxiflVO l ßlithough one of its best and ablest supporters had. 414.0444 7: 411fi1' although he bad - left to others to advocate its clalms, those claims would continue to be urged upon their. Lopiehips,'eo long as the -different members of the community retained it just sense of the advantases of equal rights; su long .as a population existed under a system of exclusion, which, though it always unites, can never diminish; so long as they felt, and, God forbid they should ever cease to feel, the disadvantages under which they laboured, in being excluded front those constitutional rights which their fellow men and their fellow subjects enjoyed, and in which, if they hadlived under any other Protestant Go vernment now existing in the world, they would he allowed to participate. •-• It was therefore impossible for their -Lordships to expect that they would not again and again have these claims pressed upon them : that they would not again and again have to listen to those appeals which were , made equally upon their policy and upon their justice. Having said so much, although it was not his intention to offer - any arguments in support of the prayer of the petition,' he thought it a duty to those who had placed it in his hands to state, that having perused it. with atten tion, and knowing how indulgent their Lordships would be, even those -who were hostile to the claims therein maddtowarda any language that might have been accidentally . employed in giving vent to feelings; somewhat irritated, under the pur suit, as the Petitioners were, of what their Lordships would admit were no contemptible privileges. Notwithstanding this, he owed it as a duty to the Petitioners to -state, that in the Petition they had placed in his hands, there was not a single sentence deserving of reprehension. They had judicious ly abstained from entering into theological discussions which are not necessarily connected with their cause, and which, however fitting they may as subjects of •instruction front the pulpit, .or for learned dissertations from the press, he, ritoet sincerely wished they in a great rt e l f e t t o enj might never be heard within the walls of that House. They had confined oyth th e e ;i se vi l l v eg es es ta t,n c jo om ya ba l t subject:SW the same Government under which they lived, the idle the assertion - that gation of a divided allegiance they solemnly disclaimed, and to that generally by other disclaimer, worded and signed am it is, he begged to draw their Lordships' attention, as well its to 'the petition generally, which; for'the number of 'its signaturem, the respectability and character o f those by whom it was signed, and from the object it sought to obtain, would be' treated by them with the consideration it dererv. ed. - He considered it at the present moment unnecessary to oc cupy any more of their Lordships time, save to assure them' that he retained all the sentiments upon this important subject whirl; he hail heretoforeexpressed- , -and that he trusted theperiod wouid arrive when those sentiments would be snore generally adopted by that House; The Noble' Marquis . then presented a petition from various individuals ps'asfessing the Roman Catholic Religion in Ire land, praying for'- Catholic Emancipation, which was read at length, and laid on the table. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a petition from a great number of the PreteStant Proprietors in Ireland, complain ing of the injury which they, as Protestants, suffered from the state of the laws respecting the Catholics. The Noble Marquis moved that it be remit in order that their Lordships might learn froM the words of the petitioners them Selves how deeply they were affected by the disabilities of their Roman Catholic brethren. The petition was then read. It stated, amongst other things, that the restrictions to which the Catholics were r,stricted not only discour age d manu f actures , but diminish e d th e v al ue o f property i n I re l an d . That Pr ote S tan t s h av i ng • m ore t h an two thirds of th e l an d e d property of the country in their 'possession,' they suffered proportionably more from its deterioration, occa sioned by the checks on the Catholics, than the Catholics theni selveii, who had only the remaining and inferior part. They therefore prayed, for such remedy as the wisdom of their Lordships might devise. On the motion of the Noble l'ilmkeuxs, the petition was then ordered in lie on the table. Earl GRAY said, that be held a petition from n part of the same body who had entrusted their general petition to his Noble Friend, and could not possibly have entrusted it to in abler man. His Noble Friend had shown that his zeal iu their cause was tempered by sound judgment, when be had declared that he would do nothing more than . make the usual motion that their petition do lie upon the table. He (Earl Gray) would follow thesame course; but before he did so, he could not refrain front exprelsing lua cou. Lord SUFFIELD rose. - Though the subject of his motion was totally unconnected with the emancipation of Slaves: or the time at which it was to he carried, into effect, yet he could not help o b : t e .n rin b g ro a ug fi h ns t . i i i t l l t is u er a s .. .a n t t i r o o n ve s so i s ; m n ef th t , l l ie i p e tn a ta b Isle tato! or rather he • ought to say, apologist. of the present system in the Colonies did not deny her propriety of Emancipation, but only contended as to time. The Anti-Slavery Society bad been charged with precipitation in its efforts to bring that great and desirable -event to a close. But this charge was unfounded ; and nothing precipitate could be &nal in its language or in its mea sures. With respect to compensation, his own view was that the country having during the lost' thirty years added lot) millions to her national debt, mid sacrificed. 60,000 lives to protect the colonic.% - she was More entitled to compensation for what she , had. done than they for what was required from them. At all events, - however, it Would be better fur her to pay three •,istilliOnt anon . ally for the abolition of slavery, than an equid stun for their de fence and support. As to the charge thrown on the Abolitions ists that they represented slavery as incompatible with' Christianity, it was wrongly laid to their account; for the assertion originated. with the West Indians themselves. - He had rend that very morning an article in the 'Royal Gazelle of the West Indies, pubs lished in ISOS, which said, " He that chooses to make them Chris tians, let him give the slaves their freedoM. • What might not be 'the coqsre of calling , Such men I LBeleved.' /hethreh?".. • To , ,• • • assertible Ors' in a place of woribip tas: givei - thea , feeling of iu dependence, Ind makes' them form ideas and comparisons which it is' dangerous to indulge, anti which must not be encouraged." •It wits evident, therefore., that the idea of slavery being incompa tible-With the Christian Religion, was the growth •of the -West Indies., Having thui taken a general view 'of time question, he -should say that the single object of his motion was not to • convey civil rights to the slaves, but' to .preVent criminal wrong, 'an idea , which was an well expreased by CommiSsiOnet I)wharrie hi his Report. on their Lordships' table. And - he should think that he would do Much towards effecting that object if he • could make it be law, as he intended to propose this evening, '" That no poblie functionary should be aliened to be the owner of any slaves; as ,it , • .was impoasilde that •the corruptive influence of slavery should- not be .felt in the 'routine t nithosechargoal with the administration of the laws,' if they were suffered to have an interest themselves in • the possoSsion• of slaves. The Noble Lord then referred to a dis patch from Earl Bathurst, which said that there was not one the Colonies in the West Indies which bad not done snore than Jamaica towards ameliorating the condition of slaves. He also read part of a letter from tins Duke of Manchester, expressing a similar opinion. He then stated that he had made a saminary of what hail been done by the , other islands, from which 'it resulted that Sunday labour had been prohibited in one island, Dominica; that the evidence of slaves - had been admitted in two, Grenada and • Tobago ; that marriages of shwa had been legalized also in two,' the' Bahamas and ' St. Viucentlii ; that the slaves right to property had been admitted ins four, Grenada, Tobago, 'St. Vincent and ;Dominica, and perhaps , Ja maica ; that she pewit. of purchasing their own manumission had been granted to slaves in no one of the islands '; that the non-separation of families had - been enacted in two, ' the .Baha ma and St. Vincent's, but that in • none had " the abolition of'l the driving whip, or of female flogging, been carried into effect. The Noble Lord aft e rw ar ds • gave an account of twenty , four c ase of complaints tried at• Demerara. Seventeen of those were from Slave» against their masters, and the' result was, that twelve out of the seventeen Coinplainants were pimished by the Fiscal's Court: that two were restored to their masters with • liberty to be flogged ;' and that two only Were 'flsiressed, one by • the dismissal 'of the manager, and the other by the imposition of ;fine which was never paid. Six of the other cases were cons plaints froM masters against their ,laves, and all the six were • given in their favour, four of the slaves being ptiniahed byllogging told two-by imeristunnitins. The Noble Lord then •read from: the Re port on the table kinttelter of other cases which had taken place at. Berbice,sand in other colonies in which slaves, after having proved the cornelaints whirls they had made; were still ordered by the Fis eel to he' flogged, though at the same time be severely repri- Mandell the managers. In some of, 'those - eases, -great.. cruelty had been displayed. Two women had miscarried, in ceuaekeence of severe and unjust fl a g g i ng ; at negro, who had been flogged for resisting the violation of his daughter,. had applied fur redress to the Fiscal's Court; but in none of these cases had any decision been given. This slimed a great - partiality on the part of public functionaries, anti a mockery of justice, arising from the corrupt ing influence of slavery, which could only be remedied by a mo tion like that with which he should conclude. For what else than being parties .to the practices which they wens appointed to repress, could-make public functionaries act, as it was admitted that they were in the habit of doing? The Noble Baron, after collating several parts of the Report of Cummissinner Dwherris, to show that he was liable to the charge of inconsistency, con cluded by Moving an humble Address to his Majesty, praying that he be pleased to appoint as Judges, Attornies-General, . Fiscal*, Guardians of Slaves, and other officers in bin Majesty's West India Colonies, 'such individuide ate shall themselves not bit owners of slaves, or have reversionary interests, or any interest in slaves, directly or • Earl BATHURST said, that the Noble Lord had alluded to the manner in which the propositions submitted by his Majesty's Go vernment had been received - , by the Colonies, and had stated cm reetly what they had jorodiseed.- He (Earl Bathurst) was glad that so lunch had been tionei' and he thought it a greet advantage that whatever was done, should be done by the Legislature of the Colo- Mee, rather than by Parliament. The Noble Earl was then under- ousel to explain and defead the continet of the Fiscal at Demerara. The' Govt nor himself had questioned the %laves, and had, in a very few instances, heard any complaint. ;lid hot mean to infer front that the nott-existence of punisinnent with the slave p ro p r i e t o rs, lie knew, on the contra y, that they were punish ed,• but they had deserVial that punishment. The Noble Lord had charged Mr. Dwharris with inconsistency ; he (Mr. D.) had property in the West Indus, and therefore Was perfectly competent HOUSE OF COMIVIONS, NEW CORN. EXCHANGE BILL. Sir E., KNATCHBULL moved that the Report of the New Corn Exchange Bill should be bkought up. Sir T. BARING opposed the motion. He would move that the Report should be brought up that day six ineriths; Mr. HUME seconded the Hon. Baronet's motion. Rethought it very hard that a Joint Stock Company should deprive the 'ori ginal proprietors of the premises, without building them another -Corn Exchange. If the present Corn Exchange were too small, he could have no objection to the erection of another, but tin-t pubtedly the original should be allowed to remain. Sir. J. BItYDGES opposed the amendment, and hoped the Report would, be brought up immediately: Mr. T. WILSON said the present Exchange was built by mere chants of corn under com Mission, and they therefore ought to be allowed to enjoy the privileges tithe Exchange, which they Would not be able to do if it were enlarged as the Bill intended) because it would be then frequented by millers, jobbers, and cornschand lerm: It had been stated that during the last 10 or lS yours, the sale of eorahnel decreased, and he therefore contended that there .was no tiecasion for an enlarged Corn Market The whole tenor of the,Bill was a speculation ; if it were carried; they would charge any Nom they liked for the stands, and thereby gain tbeir.endS. Mr. IL SUMNER said the original Exchange had been in the possession of a Joint,Stoek Company fur 75 . years, during wbkh the, population of Londan had 'increased, and with it the dernand for corn. He therefore contended that it was requisite to en , crease the. size ,of the market, The Bill had been called an invaaien of private property. It was, private property in as mush as, the Exchange had been recognised by the legislature. All the present company wanted, wits to establish a market next door to the present one, and merely to knock down as iota of the partition' wall as was occupied by four stalls. He thought the. more parties their were in the competing with one another, the greater benefit the public was likely to receive. Cuatem supported the amendment. Sir It. WILSON did not understand why a leidY of core factors were to form themselves into n body to the perfect ex. , elusion of individuals who happened not to belong to their cent- 7 pany. The original cost of the premixes was 12,0001., and the originators of the Bill had offered them 60,0004 in addition to the original cost, by way of goodwill. They had Offered very reasonable propositions to the proprietors of the Corn Excbaige, all of which had been refused, and, in fact, such a systerntof refusal bad never been heard of. This bad been done Air the purpose of keeping up a system of monopoly. ; The public terest 'demanded that the House should interfere, and compel the 'proprietors of the Corn Exchange to accede to the advance made by the new Company. Mr. CALCRAFT said, that the object of the Bill was to take away the property of individuals .against their" will. The present Company had no objection to allow . the .4'4; cetnps*Y to compete With them, but they insisted upon retaining , theft establishment which had been of so long standing. , Sir E. KNATCHBULL mid assure. the Hon. Mtuntier for Southwark, that if the individuals who hail proketedt.t4ll4ll; had intended to carry on their market upon at system of ..,,ItiQlkt)‘ . poly, he never would have advocated their maw. Mr. Alderman WOOD thought it would;be bettet ~ to have large market, but w a s averse t o t h e system of interfeeing with . private property, as the report of this Bill certainly indicated, intention of doing. Mr. Alderman Butermes aupported thktunesktinientm "The House then divided. ' For the motion For the amendment ,e 27,. . Majority - CORN LAWS. The Sheriffs of London presented a Petition from the Lotd Mayor and Corporation of that City, in favour of Free Trade, and 'praying for an alteration in the Corn Laws. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved the reading of the petition, and supported its prayer. The petitioners had stated that the expen, diturc of the country, and pa r ti cu l ar l y t h e army, ought to he re. ducat ; in this he perfectly agreed. The Hon: Member anode() to the returns of the quantity of Corn inverted into , London due- ~ ing the last three months, comparatiiely, to the import* of fOriner year!, and contended that the admission of foreign grain ough i t not to be delayed. Mr. W. WHITMOIIt said that a mistake. had gone abroad, by, which he was represented to have postponed his motion relative o the Corn Laws until the 23d of May. , The misuaderstniling arose from his having given notice of another motion for that Ality ; and he now assured the House, that it was his intention, to bring the subject before them to-morrow night: Mr. Alderman THOMPSON expreseed his satisfaction at ing that the lion. Member would bring forward this important question without delay. It had been said that the, experiment in free trade ought to have been begun with corn,,_ rixtd yet, with IT': ticks of manufacture, - He preferred the coarse, whio , bad adopted, because it took the same argument ouc e the agriculturist which the nentifaemrer, bad used "i" was convinc e d th at t h e h eat resource o f the country Nub li'm 1.4 put in action trail the present laws were altered. Lord ALTHORPF, presented a petition from tier 4 ,tai d accts . 0 ; 1 t i e alrapstoo, praying few the Aholition',Of 81, "."'Y'rn table. Mr. W. DUNDAS presented a pstitlut faro one of, the Ulcer. porated Trades of Edinburgh, sgvica4 an t • 0 4 , -rojol uE t,be scateh. currency.—lteferred to the Committee. Also a petite' yo from the College of Physicians, m favour Of tha consolidation of the Prison Laws in Ircland.--Laid, on the tabu, NAVIGATION. Mr. P.A.WLETT prooteti t< petition from certain Shipp .